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Multiple Launches Are Scheduled

By Staff Writer | July 10, 2006

      Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements:

      In mid-July, there will be a missile defense test involving the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system.

      On July 22, NASA will launch the STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, at 3:11 to 3:13 p.m. or 4:19 to 4:34 p.m. ET, using a Boeing Delta II lifter.

      In 2009, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on an Atlas V 541 from Cape Canaveral.